Pages

May 9, 2012

One last day...

My heart breaks just thinking about tomorrow. I don't have any children of my own yet, but I feel like these are my kids. I would do just about anything for most of them.

I know I have to look at the brightside of things. I was given the opportunity to love on these children for a year. And for the life of me, I can't figure out why there aren't more people on this island out at the Limes Field every week loving on them. If there is any advice I could give to current or future SO's, it would be to go out to Limes, love on these children for me. You will be a superstar in their eyes and there is nothing more rewarding than having 50 little bodies run to you every day for hugs the moment they see your car pull up. I consider myself the lucky one because I got to be a little part of their lives. I am FOREVERCHANGED because of it.

The only thing that is keeping me from being utterly distraught about leaving is the fact that I have to believe I will see these babies again someday. I can only hope they will still remember me.

I'm going to attempt to hold it together tomorrow for our last day of class. I want to be strong for these kids but, I'm not making any promises.

3 comments:

The only way I can leave the kids in Romania when I go is to remember that they are God's kids and He will continue to love them and care for them after I am gone. The longest I've been, however, is two months...I can't imagine how difficult it would be after a year. :(

About Me

My husband Josh graduated from St. George's University in the Caribbean. After four years of moving from England to Grenada to California and one beautiful daughter later, he now has the coveted title of MD. We started off on our next great adventure for a general surgery residency at the University of Massachusetts in 2014! We have two beautiful daughters Ryan and Rory. These are my ramblings of marriage, motherhood, and a life in medicine.